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5 November 2024 / The Florrie, Liverpool
Innovate for Net Zero Living: Solutions Exchange Event
Innovate UK Business Connect recently hosted the Solutions Exchange Event at The Florrie in Liverpool. The purpose of the event was to bring together local authorities, businesses, researchers and SMEs to open up opportunities for connection, collaboration and innovation.
The event drew 60 participants and featured insightful presentations, panels and workshops on topics including:
📉 Liverpool City Council's innovative decarbonisation programme 🤝 The power of local authority and business collaboration 🌱 Bridging the green skills gap 🧭 Assessing your position in the net zero innovation journey
An exciting pitching session showcased solutions and projects from eleven organisations, each working towards a sustainable future.
Look out for materials from the Solutions Exchange being uploaded to the Community Platform!
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Policy groups
Regen’s Policy Working Groups meet on a quarterly basis.
If you would like to join one of the working groups, please get in touch with Mollie at Regen.
Here are the groups, group leads, and the dates of the next working group meetings:
- Community energy – Fraser Stewart Next meeting date TBC. Last meeting held on 7th November. The group discussed finance and funding models for community energy.
- Local energy and infrastructure – Mollie Atherton Next meeting date TBC. Last meeting held on 13th November. The group discussed Clean Power 2030, the National Energy System Operator's (NESO's) advice to government, and next steps.
- Heat networks – Hazel Williams Next meeting date TBC. Last meeting held on the 17th October. A senior policy advisor on heat networks and heat network zoning joined the group to answer questions on upcoming policy announcements.
- Transport – Alex Robertson Next meeting date TBC. Last meeting held on 24th September.
- Retrofit – Sophie Whinney Next meeting date is TBC. Last meeting held on 30th October.
Keep an eye out for invitations to join the next occurrence.
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17 October 2024 / Online
The Liverpool City Council Glidepath to Net Zero Tool, Zuhlke Engineering & Liverpool City Council
At October’s Future Ready Thursday, Simon at Liverpool City Council walked Net Zero Living participants and partners through the creation of their Glidepath tool. The excel-based tool is used to calculate predicted carbon emissions using baseline usage figures and carbon reduction projects.
Tabi at Zuhlke then hosted a Q&A where participants were able to ask about the tool’s functionality and applications, and demonstrated its potential uses.
For anyone interested in participating in user testing sessions to develop the Carbon Management Tool further, please get in touch. Zuhlke will get in contact to organise Teams sessions to introduce you to the tool, and then gather your insights from using it.